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    The Alexander Sarcophagus is a late 4th century BC Hellenistic stone sarcophagus from the Royal necropolis of Ayaa near Sidon, Lebanon. It is adorned with...
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    also unknown Alexander Sarcophagus, unrelated to Alexander's body, but adorned with motifs related to his life. Saunders 2007, p. 38 "Alexander the Great...
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    this, details on the fate of the tomb are hazy. The so-called "Alexander Sarcophagus", discovered near Sidon and now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum...
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    A sarcophagus (pl.: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be...
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    fighting centaurs and sphinxes. The Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon, is, together with the famous Alexander Sarcophagus, one of four massive carved sarcophagi...
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    in representations of the infantry of Alexander the Great's army, such on the contemporary Alexander sarcophagus. The Phrygian helmet was in prominent...
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    now Iraq. The Alexander Sarcophagus, found at the Royal necropolis of Ayaa in Sidon The Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon in Parian...
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    advice was taken up by Alexander the Great, who equipped his cavalry with this helmet. Both the Alexander Sarcophagus and the Alexander Mosaic show cavalrymen...
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    two magnificent archaeological monuments, the 'Alexander Sarcophagus' in particular and the 'Alexander Mosaic'... In the case of the Antigonid army ....
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    helmets. The Alexander Sarcophagus shows Alexander the Great wearing an elaborate helmet in the form of the lion scalp of Herakles. Alexander's cousin Pyrrhus...
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